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10 interesting stories about kohinoor diamond 1.kohinoor diamaond has history of 5000 years old, It is widely believed to have come from the Kollur Mine in the Guntur District of present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, during the reign of the Hindu Kakatiya dynasty in the 13th century. which he believed to be acquired from mahlak dev the raja of malwa . 2.in early 14th century khilji dynasty invaded india and started looted southern regions. malik kafur khilji’s general made a successful raid on Warangal in 1310. this was the time when he possibly acquired the diamond. 3.when kohinoor came into possession of mughals since babur established dynasty. it stayed there for 200 years .and shajahan has the stone placed i peacock throne . 4.kohinoor was originally 793 carats i.e.,158.6 grams [an average weight of mobile phone ] .aurangjeb gave diamond to recut to Hortenso Borgia, a Venetian lapidary , because of his unskilled handling he reduced diamond’s weight to just 186 carats [37.2 grams].aurangejb punished him with fine of rupee 10000. 5.Following the 1739 invasion of Delhi by Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia, kohinoor was looted by him and named it KOH-E-NOOR [MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT]